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Predappio (porll) larch 3» 1962 MUSSOLINI *3 SOT »VKDS SISTER OP SOPHIA LORES Romano Mussolini, Jazz-playing youngest son of the late Italian dictator, and Maria Soicolone, lovely sister ef actress Sophia Loren, were married Saturday in Predappio, the little north Italian town, where Mussolini was born. The ceremony in St* Anthony's church, not far from where Benito Mussolini is buried, brought tears to fcany a die-hard Fascist eye. The crush at the wedding became so great at one point that young Mussolini almost fainted* His best man and another attendant eupported him, and a doctor gave him a stimulant by injection* Hot all of the guests - invited and sms**#A uninvited - could crowd Inside the church* Hundreds stood outside under gray skies* Most of them were Fascist sympathizers, a good many members of the Fascist Social Movement (MSI) Party. Pino Romualdi, an MSI deputy, served as Romano*s best man. For Fascist old-timers who gathered there, It was a nostalgic event. For Romano, now 33 years old, and his 23-year*»o Id-bride, it was a day of heady limelight and few, if any, backward glances. Romano was only 7 years old when his older brothers Vlttorlo and Bruno were dropping bombs in the Ethiopian desert against the troops of Bnperor Halle Selaeaie. Vittorio was not among those present at Romano's wedding* He was attending the wedding of his own daughter Adrla in Ghana. Bruno was killed in a Wirld War II plane crash. Bdda Clsno, sister of Romano, was reported on a cruise to India. Edda was the wife of Count Galeazzo Ciano, Benito lussolinl1s Foreign Minister. He was executed on orders of Mussolini during World War II. Romano's 31-year-old sister, Anna Maria, and his mother, Donna Raohele, who makes her home at nearby Forll, were present. In the immediate postwar years, the three had lived in quasi-seelusion on the island of lochia. Today that was all over. Hundreds of photographers were present to flash thousands of pictures. There were bsnked flowers on the altar of the church, where Msgr. Giuseppe Bonacini, Bishop of Bertinoro, officiated. By the time Romano arrived with his mother, the throng outside the church numbered about 5000 people* They pressed in on Romano, who wofe full dress and carried a top hat. His mother was gowned in black and wore a tiny hat. A few minutes later, the bride's mother, Romilde Villani, arrived followed quickly by Sophia Loren, whi was dressed in a simple ivory-colored tailleur. Sophia's arrival caused a furor that swept through the tight packed throng and even into the church. The tumult increased with the arrival of the bride in a Rolls Royee. She wore a heavy veil @nd appeared vexy emotional. By the time the bride reached the altar, Romano had completely recovered from the dizzy spell. But the tumult increased inside the tightly packed church. Photographers1 flash guns biased away at such a rate that Bishop Bonacini threatened not to perform the ceremony. Police had to intervene to clear the area around the altar so that the ceremony could proceed. The wedding ceremony was followed by a reception for 700 invited guests. Before going on their honeymoon, Romans and his bride planned to visit the nearby cemetery of San Casclano to place flowers on the grave of Benito Mussolini. Romano and his bride will make their home in Rome in a seven-room apartment given them by Sophia Leren and her husband, movie-producer Carlo Pontl. .